History (HST) 1 HST 112. Big History: A History of the Cosmos and Humanity's Place In It. HISTORY (HST) (3 h) Beginning 13.7 billion years ago and drawing on the sciences, social HST 101. Western Civilization to 1700. (3 h) sciences, and history, this course offers a contemporary understanding Survey of ancient, medieval, and early modern history to 1700. Focus of how the physical, social, and mental worlds people inhabit came to be. varies with instructor. (CD, D) Its effort to integrate disciplines that usually remain unconnected should HST 102. Europe and the World in the Modern Era. (3 h) appeal to those who want to see how the pieces of education fit together. Survey of modern Europe from 1700 to the present. Focus varies with (CD, D) instructor. (CD, D) HST 113. Health, Disease and Healing in World History. (3 h) HST 103. World Civilizations to 1500. (3 h) Examines political, economic, and cultural responses to sickness and Survey of the ancient, classical and medieval civilizations of Eurasia with disease in global historical context, paying particular attention to the a brief look at American and sub-Saharan societies. Focus varies with intersection of religion and healing, as well as race, class, and gender, in instructor. (CD, D) ancient, medieval, early modern, pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial societies. (D) HST 104. World Civilizations since 1500. (3 h) Survey of the major civilizations of the world in the modern and HST 114. Gender and Sexuality in World History. (3 h) contemporary periods. Focus varies with instructor. (CD, D) Introduces the global and historical breadth of gender and sexual systems. Foundational and current approaches to cross-cultural HST 105. Africa in World History. (3 h) historical analysis of masculinity, women’s rights, and differences Examines the continent of Africa from prehistory to the present in global between LGBTQ identities and other models. Also listed as WGS 214. (CD, perspective, as experienced and understood by Africans themselves. (CD, D) D) HST 119. Venice and the World. (3 h) HST 106. Medieval World Civilizations. (3 h) The history of Venice is intertwined with many of the central themes Provides an overview of world civilizations in the period generally of world history. Students will examine the history of Venice from understood as "medieval," from 600 C.E. to 1600 C.E. The course its foundation to the present day, examining the ongoing reciprocal examines cultures and scoieties in East Asia, India, Africa, and the interactions between the city-state, Europe, and the wider world. Offered Americas as well as Europe and asks if there is such a thing as a in Venice only. (CD, D) "medieval" world history. What characteristics do these widely differing cultures and geographic areas share, and where do they differ? (CD, D) HST 120. Formation of Europe: Habsburg Empire and its Successor States. (3 h) HST 107. Middle East & the World. (3 h) The development of Central and East-Central Europe as a multiethnic Examines, in its global context, the Middle East region from the inception unity under the Habsburgs, 1526-1918, and its dissolution into successor of Islam in the 7th century to the 20th century. Combines an introduction states and subsequent interactions, 1918-1989. Offered in Vienna. (D) to Islamic civilization in its central lands with a close study of its interaction with other societies. (CD, D) HST 150. United States History. (3 h) Survey of U.S. history from the colonial period to the present. HST 108. Americas and the World. (3 h) Examines North, Central and South America in global perspectives from HST 151. The Golden Age of Burgundy. (1.5 h) premodern times to the present with particular attention to political, Burgundian society, culture, and government in the reigns of Philip economic, social, and cultural developments and interactions. (CD, D) the Bold, John the Fearless, Philip the Good, and Charles the Rash, 1384-1477. Offered in Dijion. HST 109. Asia and the World. (3 h) Overview of Asia (primarily East, Southeast, and South Asia) since HST 161. History Museums. (1.5 h) 1500 with emphasis on economic, diplomatic, cultural, and religious Introduces students to history museums and surveys the major issues interactions with the outside world. (CD, D) involved in the collection and display of historical objects, discusses the impact of social history on museum interpretations, and traces the HST 110. Atlantic World since 1500. (3 h) ethical issues and public controversies stemming from the treatment of Examines the major developments that have linked the civilizations historical topics in museum settings. bordering the Atlantic Ocean from 1500 to the present. Themes include exploration; commerce; European colonization and indigenous HST 162. History of Wake Forest. (1.5 h) responses; disease; religious conversion and revivalism; mestizo and A survey of the history of Wake Forest from its beginning, including its creole culture; imperial warfare; enlightenment; revolution; slavery written and oral traditions. May include a visit to the town of Wake Forest. and abolition; extractive economies; nationalism; 'scientific racism;' HST 171. Historical Biography. (1.5 h) invented traditions; the black diaspora and negritude; decolonization; Study of biographies of men and women who have influenced specific the Cold War; segregation and apartheid; dictatorship; neoliberalism; and histories and civilizations. May be repeated for credit if topic differs. globalization. (CD, D) HST 172. Historical Novels. (1.5 h) HST 111. Ancient World Civilizations. (3 h) The role of the historical past in selected works of fiction. May be Explores ancient civilizations from the perspective that each civilization repeated for credit if topic varies. is a reflection of local circumstances and the distinctive worldview that HST 173. Historical Films. (1.5 h) shaped its institutions to become a complex, state-organized society. (CD, Examines the value of film as a source for understanding the past. D) Includes viewing and discussing historical films in relation to primary and secondary source texts. May be repeated for credit if topic varies. 2 History (HST) HST 206. The Early Middle Ages. (3 h) HST 224. Great Britain since 1750. (3 h) European history from the end of the ancient world to the mid-12th Addresses topics in British history from the Industrial Revolution century, stressing social and cultural developments. to New Labour, with attention to how politics and citizenship were HST 207. The High Middle Ages Through the Renaissance. (3 h) linked to imperial power. Explores industrialization, liberalism and their European history from the mid-12th through the early 16th centuries, discontents; colonization, decolonization, and immigration; social and urban riot and reform; world war; and the creation of the welfare state stressing social and cultural developments. and its dismantling. The course also considers Britain's relationship with HST 209. Europe: From Renaissance to Revolution. (3 h) Ireland and European integration. A survey of European history from the 15th to the 18th century. Topics include the voyages of discovery, the military revolution, the formation of HST 225. History of Venice. (3 h) the modern state, religious reformation, witchcraft and the rise of modern The history of Venice from its origin to the fall of the Venetian Republic. science, and pre-industrial economic and social structures including Offered in Venice. women and the family. HST 226. History of London. (1.5-3 h) HST 216. General History of Spain. (3 h) Topographical, social, economic, and political history of London from the History of Spain from the pre-Roman period to the present day. Counts as earliest times. Lectures, student papers and reports, museum visits and elective for the Spanish major. Offered in Salamanca. lectures, and on-site inspections. Offered in London. HST 217. France to 1774. (3 h) HST 228. Georgian and Victorian Society Culture. (3 h) The history of France from the Paleolithic period to the accession of Social and economic transformation of England in the 18th and 19th Louis XVI with particular attention to the early modern period. centuries, with particular attention to the rise of professionalism and developments in the arts. Offered in London. HST 218. France since 1815. (3 h) The history of France from the restoration of the monarchy to the Fifth HST 229. Venetian Society & Culture. (3 h) Republic. An examination of Venetian society, including the role within Venetian life of music, theatre, the church, and civic ritual. Offered in Venice. HST 219. Germany to 1871. (3 h) Social, economic, and political forces leading to the creation of a single HST 230. Russia: Origins to 1865. (3 h) German nation-state out of over 1,700 sovereign and semi-sovereign A survey of the political, social, and economic history of Russia, from its German states. origins to the period of the Great Reforms under Alexander II. Students taking HST 230 cannot receive credit for HST 232/REE 200. HST 220. Germany: Unification to Unification 1871 to 1990. (3 h) The Germans' search for stability and unity in a society riven by conflict HST 231. Russia and Soviet Union: 1865 to Present. (3 h) and on a continent riven by nationalism. A survey of patterns of socio-economic change from the late imperial period to the present, the emergence of the revolutionary movement, and HST 221. The British Empire to 1815. (3 h) the development of Soviet rule from its establishment to its collapse. Explores the early history of the British Empire and imperialism until the Students taking HST 231 cannot receive credit for HST 232/REE 200. end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, including the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland, global trade and exploration, the foundations of the East India HST 232. Introduction to Russian and East European Studies. (3 h) Company, captivity and slavery, and revolution in the Atlantic world, with An interdisciplinary survey of Russia and the Soviet Union, including an an emphasis on the place of religion, gender, race, and class in imperial examination of society, polity, economy, and culture over time.